(70) Panopaea
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	31 Jan 2026	13.3	2.566 AU	2.547 AU	15h17m	-14°13'	80.0°	22.2°
Opposition	16 May 2026	10.9	2.361 AU	1.351 AU	15h29m	-21°46'	177.2°	1.2°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of Panopaea are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1830438
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6135226
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.59683
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 47.63785
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 255.44756
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 269.56600
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 122.79541
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -11.21987
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.23            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   15 17 43.8   -14 13 27     2.547    2.566   80.0   22.2   286   13.3 
2026-01-31 01:13 UT   15 17 47.4   -14 13 46     2.547    2.566   80.0   22.2   286   13.3 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   15 18 54.7   -14 19 40     2.532    2.564   80.7   22.3   286   13.3 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   15 20 05.0   -14 25 49     2.517    2.562   81.4   22.4   285   13.3 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   15 21 14.7   -14 31 55     2.502    2.560   82.1   22.4   285   13.3 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   15 22 23.8   -14 37 59     2.487    2.558   82.8   22.5   285   13.3 
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   15 23 32.1   -14 43 59     2.472    2.556   83.5   22.5   285   13.3 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   15 24 39.8   -14 49 56     2.457    2.554   84.2   22.6   285   13.2 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   15 25 46.8   -14 55 50     2.442    2.552   85.0   22.6   285   13.2 
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   15 26 53.1   -15 01 42     2.427    2.550   85.7   22.7   285   13.2 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   15 27 58.6   -15 07 30     2.412    2.548   86.4   22.7   284   13.2 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   15 29 03.4   -15 13 16     2.397    2.546   87.2   22.8   284   13.2 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   15 30 07.4   -15 18 58     2.381    2.544   87.9   22.8   284   13.2 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   15 31 10.6   -15 24 38     2.366    2.542   88.6   22.8   284   13.2 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   15 32 13.0   -15 30 15     2.351    2.540   89.4   22.9   284   13.1 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   15 33 14.5   -15 35 49     2.336    2.538   90.1   22.9   284   13.1 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   15 34 15.2   -15 41 20     2.321    2.536   90.9   22.9   284   13.1 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   15 35 15.1   -15 46 49     2.306    2.534   91.6   22.9   284   13.1 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   15 36 14.0   -15 52 15     2.291    2.532   92.4   22.9   283   13.1 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   15 37 12.0   -15 57 38     2.276    2.530   93.2   23.0   283   13.1 
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   15 38 09.1   -16 02 58     2.261    2.528   93.9   23.0   283   13.0 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   15 39 05.2   -16 08 16     2.246    2.526   94.7   23.0   283   13.0 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   15 40 00.3   -16 13 32     2.231    2.525   95.5   23.0   283   13.0 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   15 40 54.5   -16 18 45     2.216    2.523   96.2   22.9   283   13.0 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   15 41 47.6   -16 23 55     2.201    2.521   97.0   22.9   283   13.0 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   15 42 39.7   -16 29 03     2.186    2.519   97.8   22.9   283   13.0 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   15 43 30.8   -16 34 09     2.171    2.517   98.6   22.9   282   12.9 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   15 44 20.7   -16 39 12     2.156    2.515   99.4   22.9   282   12.9 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   15 45 09.6   -16 44 13     2.141    2.513  100.2   22.8   282   12.9 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   15 45 57.4   -16 49 12     2.126    2.511  101.0   22.8   282   12.9 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   15 46 44.1   -16 54 09     2.111    2.509  101.8   22.7   282   12.9 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   15 47 29.6   -16 59 04     2.097    2.507  102.6   22.7   282   12.9 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.